Ranked #1
Bonus Episode: The Deal (Book Fight After Dark)
Bonus Episode: The Deal (Book Fight After Dark)
We're off this week for the holidays, but we're releasing this Patreon-only episode from September, in which we discusse... Read more
30 Dec 2019
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51mins
Ranked #2
Ep 287: Sally Rooney, Conversations With Friends
Ep 287: Sally Rooney, Conversations With Friends
Neither of us had read anything by Sally Rooney, who has been called "the first important Millennial novelist" and "Sali... Read more
29 Jul 2019
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1hr
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Ranked #3
Book Fight After Dark: Snooki, A Shore Thing
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We're taking a quick break between seasons of the show, getting our ducks in a row for Summer School--in which we'll be ... Read more
24 Jun 2019
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Ep 280: Mark O'Connell, To Be a Machine
Ep 280: Mark O'Connell, To Be a Machine
This week we're continuing our Spring Forward season by diving into Mark O'Connell's book To Be a Machine: Adventures Am... Read more
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Ep306: Flash Fiction!
Ep306: Flash Fiction!
We've spent this fall season looking at some of the best stories to teach in creative writing workshops. It's our last w... Read more
9 Dec 2019
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Ranked #6
Ep 317: Dorothy Parker (Winter of Wayback 1929)
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It's the final episode of our Winter of Wayback season, and we couldn't leave the twenties behind without talking about ... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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Ranked #7
Ep 279: Ray Bradbury
Ep 279: Ray Bradbury
As we continue our Spring Forward season--in which we're reading forward-looking books, stories, and essays--this week w... Read more
27 May 2019
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Ep 318: Taco Bell Quarterly
Ep 318: Taco Bell Quarterly
This week we check out the online literary magazine Taco Bell Quarterly, which recently put out its second issue. The jo... Read more
16 Mar 2020
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Ranked #9
Ep 300: Quest Stories
Ep 300: Quest Stories
This week, you might say that we're on a quest to find the best quest story to teach in a creative writing class. For ye... Read more
28 Oct 2019
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54mins
Ranked #10
Ep 301: Stories And Time
Ep 301: Stories And Time
This week, we're on the hunt for stories that do interesting things with time. More specifically, we talk about how "tim... Read more
4 Nov 2019
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Ranked #11
Ep 291: Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse
Ep 291: Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse
Welcome to Week Two of a series we didn't intend to undertake: Tom and Mike Read Books They're Not Quite Smart Enough to... Read more
26 Aug 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #12
Ep 294: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
Ep 294: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
It's the last week of our Summer School season, and we're ending on a book (and author) Tom had never read. Topics inclu... Read more
16 Sep 2019
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Ranked #13
Ep 304: Dialogue
Ep 304: Dialogue
This fall, we've been talking about the best stories to teach in a creative writing class. For this week's competition, ... Read more
25 Nov 2019
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Ranked #14
Ep 295: Unreliable Narrators
Ep 295: Unreliable Narrators
It's a new season on the calendar, and that means a new season of Book Fight. This fall, we're going to be exploring the... Read more
23 Sep 2019
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #15
Ep 305: Multiple Points of View
Ep 305: Multiple Points of View
This week, we're discussing stories told from multiple points of view. It can be difficult enough to successfully captur... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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1hr 13mins
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Ep 319: The Infamous Bengal Ming
Ep 319: The Infamous Bengal Ming
This week we're discussing a story about a murderous tiger by Rajesh Parameswaran, which was first published in Granta a... Read more
23 Mar 2020
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1hr 4mins
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Ep 284: James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son"
Ep 284: James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son"
We're continuing our Summer School season of the podcast, in which we're reading things we feel like we should have gott... Read more
8 Jul 2019
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52mins
Ranked #18
Ep 283: John D'Agata, "Round Trip"
Ep 283: John D'Agata, "Round Trip"
This week we're kicking off a new season of Book Fight: Summer School! The idea is that we'll dive into books, stories, ... Read more
1 Jul 2019
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55mins
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Ep 292: Jim Harrison, "The Summer He Didn't Die"
Ep 292: Jim Harrison, "The Summer He Didn't Die"
This week is a Tom pick: a novella by Jim Harrison featuring his beloved character Brown Dog. In "The Summer He Didn't D... Read more
2 Sep 2019
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55mins
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Ep 285: Carson McCullers, Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Ep 285: Carson McCullers, Ballad of the Sad Cafe
We're continuing our Summer School season of the podcast, in which we're reading things we feel like we should have gott... Read more
15 Jul 2019
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53mins
